Project Phases: Public Meeting

Community Informational Meeting on Marine Issues related to Desalination and How to Get Involved in the Environmental Review
November 10, 2010 from 6:30- 9:00 PM
Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz

Community TV of Santa Cruz County filmed the November 10th Community Informational Meeting and it is scheduled to play on Comcast 25/Charter 71 several times in December. The schedule is:
12/6/2010 at 11:30 AM
12/7/2010 at 3:00 PM
12/8/2010 at 9:00 AM
12/8/2010 at 10:00 PM
12/9/2010 at 5:00 PM
12/10/2010 at 11:00 AM
12/12/2010 at 2:00 PM

Learn why water is a critical issue and how supply shortfalls affect the City of Santa Cruz and the Soquel Creek Water District.
Learn about the different types of intake systems being evaluated for the proposed desalination project.
Learn how marine issues related to the intake and the brine discharge will be addressed.
Learn about the environmental review process, the purpose of scoping, upcoming scoping meetings, and how to comment on the scope of the EIR.

Presenters included:

Heidi Luckenbach, scwd² Desalination Program Coordinator

Dr. David Mayer, President, Tenera Environmental

Todd Reynolds, Senior Engineer, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Bill Faisst, Brown and Caldwell

Ann Sansevero,Project Manager, URS Corporation

Meeting Materials

Flyer
scwd2 Fact Sheet- Intake Options- (2 page fact sheet)
Meeting Schedule and Speaker Biographies
Presentation: Integrated Water Plan (Heidi Luckenbach)
Presentation: Screened, Open-Ocean Intake Effects Assessment (David Mayer)
Presentation: Overview of Intake Approaches (Todd Reynolds)
Presentation: Brine Disposal for scwd2 Using existing WWTP Outfall (Bill Faisst)
Presentation: Environmental Review Process (Ann Sansevero)
Members of the Technical Working Group for Intake Studies

Future Community Informational Meetings to be held in 2010-2011:

Energy and Cost- Overview of energy use for the proposed desalination project

Meetings already held include:

Water Conservation- May 27, 2010. Click Here for more information
History of Water Supply Planning- July 28, 2010. Click Here for more information.
Recycled Water: Opportunity and Limitations within Santa Cruz County. Click Here for more information.

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